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Author Archives: improvdr

“T” is for “Take”

Some hot takes about the art of focus takes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 19, 2022December 23, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Focus, Give, Give and Take, Sharing Focus, Split Focus, T is for, TakeLeave a comment on “T” is for “Take”

Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

Unlock the fun (and challenge) of shifting quickly between your text and subtext.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 16, 2022December 14, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Cartooning, Emotional Truth, Motivation, Objective, Subtext, Text/Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Text/Subtext”

“S” is for “Subtext”

I like your shoes.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 12, 2022December 14, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ambiguity, Emotional Truth, S is for, Specific Ambiguity, Specificity, Subtext, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on “S” is for “Subtext”

Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

“Pan Left” to the latest Game Library entry…

Posted byimprovdrDecember 9, 2022December 7, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Edits, Justification, Pan Left Pan Right, Relationship, Short-Form, Strangers, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

“S” is for “Strangers”

Here are five answers to the improvisational riddle “when is a stranger not a stranger…?”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 5, 2022December 11, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Character, CROW, Curve Ball, Relationship, S is for, Secrets, Specificity, StrangersLeave a comment on “S” is for “Strangers”

Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

Learn how to sell your exits (and entrances) with this energetic improv drill.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 2, 2022November 30, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Entrances, Exercises, Exits, Give and Take, Justification, Relay Entrances and Exits, Sharing Focus, Stage Picture, Staging, Sticky FeetLeave a comment on Game Library: “Relay Entrances and Exits”

“S” is for “Sticky Feet”

Do you suffer from the improvisational curse of “Sticky Feet?”

Posted byimprovdrNovember 28, 2022December 2, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Exits, Give, S is for, Stage Picture, Sticky FeetLeave a comment on “S” is for “Sticky Feet”

Game Library: “High Card”

“High Card” provides a revealing all-play experience that unpacks the nuances of status

Posted byimprovdrNovember 25, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Character, Exercises, Long-Form, Relationship, Short-Form, Status, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “High Card”

“S” is for “Status”

If you’re not consciously considering “Status” in your work, then you are truly missing out.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 21, 2022November 25, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:High Status, Low Status, Power, Relationship, S is for, StatusLeave a comment on “S” is for “Status”

Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

Escalating Scene offers an improv embodiment of the butterfly effect where one small inconsequential action ultimately causes havoc.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Curve of Absurdity, Escalating Scene, Justification, Stakes, Story, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

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